Implementation challenges and perception of care providers on Electronic Medical Records at St. Paul's and Ayder Hospitals, Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In resources constrained settings, effectively implemented Electronic Medical Record systems have numerous benefits over paper-based record keeping. This system was implemented in the 2009 Gregorian Calendar in the two Ethiopian territory hospitals, Ayder and St. Paul's. The pilot implementation and similar re-deployment efforts done in 2014 and 2017 Gregorian Calendar failed at St. Paul's. This study aimed to assess the current status, identify challenges, success factors and perception of health care providers to the system to inform on future roll-outs and scale-up plans.

Methods

A cross sectional study design with quantitative and qualitative methods was employed. A survey was administered October to December 2019 using a structured questionnaire. A total of 2

SUBMITTER: Bisrat A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8561912 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature